NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 28 October – 5 Mins read
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- ODI World Cup 2023: South Africa pulls of an impressive win beating Pakistan by 1 Wicket; Pak with this defeat at the brink of WC exit
- Asian Para Games: India’s overall medal haul surges to 99 comprising 25 gold, 29 silver & 45 bronze
- World’s Largest Lizard Komodo Dragon measuring an impressive 6 feet in length makes Surprise Appearance in Kodagu Karnataka
- Parliament Panel May Tell Govt to Criminalise Adultery Again either by restoring the law struck down by the Supreme Court in 2018 or passing a new law
- Odisha: Girl, 14, Pedals Cart 35 Km To Take Injured Father To Hospital, Told To Come In A Week for an operation
- Four workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant were splashed with water containing radioactive materials, with two of them hospitalised as a precaution
- Chandrayaan-3’s Historic Moon Landing Displaced 2.06 Tonnes Of Dust (rocks and soil)
- It’s Official – Tata Group will start making Apple iPhones in India for domestic and global markets within 2.5 years; Acquires Wistron’s India Operations
- RBI: Banks To Allow Premature Withdrawal On Term Deposits Of Up To 1Cr; applicable to all commercial banks and co-operative banks, and have come into force with immediate effect
- 50% Israelis want to hold off on any invasion of Gaza, according to a poll, in what may indicate a dip in support for planned next stage of counter-offensive against Hamas holding some 200 hostages
- Secret Underground City Beneath Gaza, With Bunkers, Storage, Booby Traps; has different kinds of tunnels running beneath the sandy 360-sq-km coastal strip and its borders; UN says 57 Staffers Killed In Gaza, Need “Meaningful And Uninterrupted” Aid; “Sponge Bombs”: Israel’s New Secret Weapon To Block Hamas Tunnels
- Backed By Jets, Drones, Israel Ground Forces’ “Targeted Raid” In Gaza; Rising Deaths, Global Pressure Make Biden Shift Stance On Israel-Hamas War; “Wherever We Go, We’ll Die”: Gazans Head Back North, Finding South No Safer; US Strikes 2 Syrian Facilities After Attacks By Iranian Forces
- Over 8,000 Indians Languishing in Foreign Prisons; UAE Top Among Arab Nations; Since 2007, this is the all-time highest number of Indians jailed in foreign prisons
- Haryana Gangster, 19, On Interpol Radar, Fled To US Using Fake Passport; Yogesh Kadian, who moved to 2yrs ago, is also among those believed to be leading the charge to take down Bishnoi
- PEDA inks MoU with HPCL for setting up 10 compressed biogas projects in Punjab; Tata Power arm to build 43.75 MW solar project for Mukand Ltd; Indian company Epsilon Advanced Materials that makes EV battery materials to build its first US plant in North Carolina
- Steel magnate Sajjan Jindal could soon become a strong force in Indian auto market; plan involves acquiring a substantial stake in MG Motor India; subsequently acquiring Ford’s factory in Chennai through a new entity
- HAL, Safran Aircraft Engines sign MoU for commercial engine parts manufacturing; French jets join NATO drills in Romania to bolster defence
- 14.8 Feet Anime-Like Robot Made By Japanese Startup Yoshida. It Costs $3MN; plans to build, sell 5 of machines for well-heeled robot fan but hopes the robot could one day be used for disaster relief
- 19,000 wild horses — known locally as “brumbies” — live in Kosciuszko National Park, a number that has increased by a third in the last two years to be shot as “essential” to protect native wildlife
- ‘Top Gun’ In Real Life? Chinese, American Jets 10 Feet From Each Other; Pentagon released footage of over 180 such intercepts, several of which were described by senior US military officials as “risky and aggressive in nature
- El Salvador Slapping $1,000 Tax On Travellers From India, Africa; People traveling on passports from India or any one of more than 50 African nations will be obliged to pay the fee
- Maldives intends to be “fully independent” and will ask Indian troops stationed in the island nation to leave, says President-elect Mohamed Muizzu, as both nations vie for influence in the region
- Explosive report reveals alleged cash-for-leaks scandal fueling the rift between British Royals, Prince Harry, and Meghan Markle
- Today’s Word – Xerophytic – Able to withstand drought
